RapidMiner was positioned by Gartner as a Leader in its 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms for the fourth year in a row

2017-02-21

2017 Magic Quadrant

for Data Science Platforms：

RapidMiner, the industry’s #1 open source predictive analytics platform, Gartner has positioned RapidMiner as a Leader in its 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms for the fourth year in a row. According to Gartner “Data science, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence are the engines of the future”.

Gartner renamed advanced analytics platform magic quadrant as data science platform magic quadrant in 2017. Gartner defines a data science platforms： A cohesive software application that offers a mixture of basic building blocks essential for creating all kinds of data science solution, and for incorporating those solutions into business processes, surrounding infrastructure and products.

RapidMiner is again a Leader, owing to its market presence, the volume of client inquiries that Gartner receives about it, its user community, and its well-rounded product that addresses most data science use cases well.

RapidMiner has a clear advantage in Gartner report with its platform breadth, ease of use for the entire spectrum of data scientists and user community.

Platform Breadth

RapidMiner products are used in different industries for a wide range of use cases. Reference customers praised many facets of the platform — its large selection of algorithms, flexible modeling capabilities, data source integration and consequent data preparation. The platform’s strength lies not just in particular areas, but also in its all-around consistency.

Ease of use for the entire spectrum of data scientists

Reference customers chose RapidMiner’s platform for its ease of learning and use, speed of model development and support for open-source capabilities. Expert data scientists get access to advanced analytics and their choice of tools and programming language. Citizen data scientists can use guided model development and many precanned solutions.

User Community

Over the years, RapidMiner has focused on fostering a large and vibrant community of users, which was an early differentiator. This community has augmented RapidMiner’s customer support. A partnership with Experfy has continued this effort by offering clients access to a marketplace of validated data science experts.

【About Gartner】

Gartner is an information technology (IT) research and consultancy company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions every day. Gartner uses hype cycles and Magic Quadrants for visualization of its market analysis results. Gartner scores vendor’s data science platform in three scenarios of production improvement, business exploration, and advanced prototyping.